Szymanowski Piano works Roland Pontinen Bis, 2008 I don't know enough Szymanowski to say this good, better or best. I don't think it is bad.
I have read about( but have not heard yet) Krystian Zimerman’ s performances of the piano music of the composer. You may want to compare.
The Forest was my entry point for Glazunov. I believe it was Anissimov on Naxos and it was well done. Don't care for the José Serebrier big box of Glazunov. One wag on a forum made me laugh when he said that José Serebrier must have the best Public Relations man in the business from the number of recordings and fond reviews he gets. Glazunov Grand Adagio from the ballet Raymonda Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra Vladmir Fedoseyev 1983 Glazunov Concert Waltz No. 1 Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Tcherkasov 1978 Glazunov Symphonic Elegy Moscow RTV Symphony Orchestra Vladmir Fedoseyev 1982 Glazunov The Forest The Moscow State Symphony Orchestra Veronika Dudarova 1983 Icone, 1994 gold disc
Artur Rubinstein, if memory serves, was a friend of the composer and promoted his music. He recorded Szymanowski's op. 50 mazurkas during the 78 era and what must have been a second time for stereo LP, issued as RCA LSC 2605. If you're going on a Szymanowski binge, one or the other might be worth chasing down.
They probably will... if they still make physical releases and boxes when he retires. Still, he seems to be a perfectionist: he has not released a lot of recordings, but they all seem to be of high quality. On could probably buy all of his albums separately.
This is a wonderful performance and recording. 1989 issued 1990. Part of a good number of Rozhdestvensky recordings devoted to the music of Schnittke all issued on Melodiya. Excellent recording quality. This work may also be a decent introduction to the composer if you are not familiar with his work. This is more accessible I think.
Among tonight's pleasures was a work that I consider seriously underappreciated: Dvorak's piano concerto. Much better, I think, than it gets credit for being. That said, it's not a typical concerto by any stretch of the imagination, and it benefits from performance by a soloist with what you might call "powerful lyricism." Hmm...who do I have in my collection that might meet that description?
I have the Glazunov symphony cycle as conducted by Rozhdestvensky( and some others)which is my favorite.
Interesting that he wrote a ballet. For most piano students, the name "Bergmuller" is inseparably associated with a long string of (quite attractive) intermediate +/- level teaching pieces.
Now enjoying my favorite recording of the 2 Chopin concertos. Apparently, Esoteric will soon release a remaster of these superb performances. They will be charging more than 10 times what I paid for my DG set, bought new. My set sounds wonderful, I have no need or desire to look further. Plus, the sole Esoteric I have in my collection (Boehm, LvB 6th) turned out to be mastered with compression! Shame on them.
